Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
backlash , 1.
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- verb Present participle of
backlash .
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Examples
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Thus, it is unclear to me that any leverage was to be had from the kind of mobilization that Rosenberg suggests that the pro-choice movement pursue -- apparently what pro-life activists were "backlashing" in response to was abortion liberalization, not the involvement of the Court.
Balkinization 2007
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Since the 2k0 decade is over, the altosphere learned to stop 'backlashing' against
Artrocker Hipster Run Off 2010
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(RE-ELECT NOBODY - VOTE THEM ALL OUT!) not only will there be a real right-wing backlash (as opposed to a conservative backlash because "backlashing" isn't something that conservatives do) there will be an imaginary one, too.
Latest Articles Reuters 2010
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Oh, I know she's backlashing against the parent who says "good job" for even a bad job, and the kind of school sports where everybody gets a trophy even when they suck.
Lee Schneider: Putting My Head In The Tiger's Mouth Lee Schneider 2011
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Oh, I know she's backlashing against the parent who says "good job" for even a bad job, and the kind of school sports where everybody gets a trophy even when they suck.
Lee Schneider: Putting My Head In The Tiger's Mouth Lee Schneider 2011
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There's been a great deal of hard research and backlashing controversy from the food industry over the health effects of fried foods.
Organic Authority.com: 5 Foods to Stop Eating Today Organic Authority.com 2011
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I really wish people would quit backlashing Kristen.
Twilight Lexicon » Twilight Japan Tour Press Conference 2009
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There's been a great deal of hard research and backlashing controversy from the food industry over the health effects of fried foods.
Organic Authority.com: 5 Foods to Stop Eating Today Organic Authority.com 2011
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If she continues to Divide the Party, The Obama backlashing of her will continue.
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And all of this, and all of these things tell us that America has been backlashing on the whole question of basic constitutional and God-given rights for Negroes and other disadvantaged groups for more than 300 years.
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